Climate Change isn’t funny anymore

By Robert A. Vella Back in the late 1960s, I started my lifelong study of climate change which at that Continue reading →

Friday Roundup: The ugly truth about racism in America, plus other news to close out this week

By Robert A. Vella If there is something good to come from President Trump’s most recent expressions of hateful white Continue reading →

Tuesday Topics: McGahn is a no-show, Court rejects Trump, Dems’ infighting over impeachment, and more

By Robert A. Vella There’s a lot of news to cover today, so I’ll include excerpts for only some of Continue reading →

Climate Change and the Pinkertons

By Robert A. Vella One and three-quarters centuries ago in America, a private security agency known as the Pinkertons arose Continue reading →

Sunday Editorial: Rays of Sunshine and Words of Caution

By Robert A. Vella The worrisome outbreak of measles especially in the Pacific Northwest, after this disease had been eradicated Continue reading →

CBP orders medical checks after second child’s death

HOUSTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old Continue reading →

Quote of the Day: Reaction to the Trump Administration’s elimination of Science at the EPA

“A lot of us do this because we want to serve the public health, and we want to use our Continue reading →

E.P.A. to Disband a Key Scientific Review Panel on Air Pollution

WASHINGTON — An Environmental Protection Agency panel that advises the agency’s leadership on the latest scientific information about soot in Continue reading →